BELT TENSIONER FOR A POWER TRANSMISSION BELT SYSTEM - Patent 1373760

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EP 1 373 760 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	15.05.2003

(43)	Date of publication:
	02.01.2004 Bulletin 2004/01

(21)	Application number: 02715030.9

(22)	Date of filing: 28.02.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: F16H 7/12

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2002/006514

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2002/068841 (06.09.2002 Gazette 2002/04)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

28.02.2001 US 794437

(71)	Applicant: DAYCO PRODUCTS, LLC.
	Miamisburg, OH 45342 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	DUTIL, Kevin, G. Springfield, MO 65807 (US)

(74)	Representative: Sroka, Peter-Christian, Dipl.-Ing.
	Patentanwalt,Dominikanerstrasse 37 40545 Düsseldorf 40545 Düsseldorf (DE)

(54)	BELT TENSIONER FOR A POWER TRANSMISSION BELT SYSTEM